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Name | KRI Bung Karno |
Namesake | Sukarno |
Ordered | 25 May 2022 |
Builder | PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati, Batam |
Cost | IDR 300 billion [1] |
Laid down | 9 June 2022 |
Launched | 19 April 2023 |
Commissioned | 1 June 2023 |
Homeport | Tanjungpinang [2] |
Identification | Pennant number: 369 |
Motto | Berani Ksatria Naraya[ citation needed ] |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Corvette / presidential yacht |
Displacement | 650 tonnes (640 long tons) |
Length | 73 m (239 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × diesel engines, 4,000 kW (5,400 shp) |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
Complement | 55 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter (AS565 Panther) |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck |
KRI Bung Karno (369) is a corvette and presidential yacht of the Indonesian Navy. Designated as "VVIP and Presidential Helicopter-carrying Guided-missile Corvette" (Indonesian : Korvet Rudal Heli VVIP dan Kepresidenan), [3] the ship was named after the First President of Indonesia Sukarno and entered service in June 2023.
Bung Karno has a length of 73 m (240 ft), beam of 12 m (39 ft), and displacement of 650 tonnes (640 long tons). [4] The corvette is powered by two diesel engines generating 4,000 kW (5,400 shp). The ship has a top speed of 24 knots (44 km/h) and cruising speed of 20 knots (37 km/h). Bung Karno has a complement of 55 personnel. [5]
The ship will be armed with one Leonardo's OTO Marlin 40 turret, two 20 mm autocannons and MBDA SIMBAD surface-to-air missiles. [4] The corvette was planned to be fitted with torpedo and sonar in the future. [6] Bung Karno also able to carry a Eurocopter AS565 Panther [7] helicopter and has a flight deck similar to Bung Tomo-class corvette. [1]
In its role as presidential yacht, Bung Karno will be replacing KRI Barakuda (633). The ship was planned to have bulletproof VVIP accommodation and able to function as command ship in times of emergency. [7] [8]
Contract for the construction of the corvette was signed on 25 May 2022. [9] The ship's construction was begun with first steel cutting and keel laying ceremony on 9 June 2022 at PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati shipyard in Batam, Riau Islands. [10] [11] On 20 June, the corvette was officially named as KRI Bung Karno (369) in the ship naming ceremony by then-Chief of Staff of the Navy Admiral Yudo Margono and Megawati Sukarnoputri, the 5th President of Indonesia and daughter of the ship's namesake. [5] [1]
The ship was launched on 19 April 2023. The ship was launched by Chief of Staff of the Navy Admiral Muhammad Ali. [4] [9] Bung Karno was commissioned on 1 June 2023, coinciding with Pancasila Day public holiday, at Military Sealift Command Headquarters in North Jakarta. The commissioning ceremony was attended by high ranking officers of the Armed Forces and family members of the ship's namesake, including Megawati Sukarnoputri, Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, Guruh Sukarnoputra, and Puan Maharani. [12]
Bung Karno took part in the 4th Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2023 which was held in the Makassar Strait on 5–7 June 2023. The Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces and a number of the participating navies' commanders were present on the corvette to review the joint exercise. [13]
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